Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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53.003,-2.146 or 53°0'11"N 2°8'46"W

ST4 2NX

The symbol shows the location of the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter which serves 130,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Fenton transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 18 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C27 (522.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V -3dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V -3dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V -3dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenton transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	7 Mar 2018
	A K T	A K T	A K T	A K T	W T
C21	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22				+ArqA	ArqA
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25				SDN	SDN
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28				ArqB	ArqB
C29				_local	_local
C31	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C32					com7
C34					com8
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_off}

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
_waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5	10kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 1000W
com7, com8	(-18.5dB) 140W
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-20dB) 100W
Mux C, Mux D	(-23dB) 50W

Local transmitter maps

Fenton Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Fenton was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Des Collier

_{sentiment_satisfied}Silver

3:31 PM

Gareth;- May be worth a try in doing a full retune,I.e from scratch do a 'first time installation' again,that might solve your problem.

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Gareth Williams
7:26 PM

Hi Des

Tried that but sadly no luck.

We are going to get the pointed to the original it was pointed at.

TBH don't know why it was switched anyway - it happened when an engineer came out to fix a damaged coming into the house.

he fitted a new antenna at the same time (don't know why either - the last one was only 18months old).

And all was working fine up to the point where we had the damaged cable.

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Marco
10:33 AM
Stoke-on-trent

Dear Sir
I am installing Triax TMP 5x32 multiswitcher in our dorm.
Every room has +Tv (diplexer)walplate..
What kind of Tv should I look for to give good single to / boxes in every room before buying.
Our post code is ST4 2RB about 2.5km from .
regards

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Transmitter engineering

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2:31 PM

- BBC TV (Four, , Parliament, 3... Weak from 12:25 today to 12:35 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, , News) Weak Signal from 12:25 today to 12:34 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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2:31 PM

- BBC TV (Four, , Parliament, 3... Weak from 12:25 today to 12:35 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, , News) Weak Signal from 12:25 today to 12:34 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:33 AM

- BBC TV (Four, , Parliament, 3... Weak from 12:25 to 12:35 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, , News) Weak Signal from 12:25 yesterday to 12:34 yesterday [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

7:33 AM

- BBC TV (Four, , Parliament, 3... Weak from 12:25 to 12:35 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, , News) Weak Signal from 12:25 yesterday to 12:34 yesterday [BBC]

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John Gardner
7:28 PM
Newcastle

I have an LG tv with built in . Since installing a Freeview + box (Goodmans GDB 1225TR)and using an RF lead from Freeview+ box to TV the strength for TV has dropped . I am using with good .Any suggestions would be welcome.
As a matter of interest I have an indoor aerial for a TV in my and up an excellent signal from .

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Mike Dimmick

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

7:56 PM

John Gardner: Flyleads supplied with set-top boxes tend to be rubbish. You could try replacing it with one of these: Online Satellite/TV/FM/DAB Cable, Leads and Connectors sales. you could split the before it gets to rather than using the 'loop through'. A passive splitter will lose about 4 dB of , but that might be preferable to whatever noise the Goodmans box is adding. Try Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales . (RG47SH)

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chass
12:26 PM

im on lost etc retuned now gives two choice both midlands one 27 itv3 one 77channels bbc etc
have other box have all 104 channels no prob
all of same ariel any ideas or will this right its self after full d s o as some channels moverd on fenton april 2011

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